#EBC457#EBC457

#EBC457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC457
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, 1.90, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 58.46, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% 0.0013 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.134 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7239, 57.8333, 17.2428)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC457 #577EEB

analogous

#EB7A57 #EBC457 #C8EB57

triadic

#EBC457 #57EBC4 #C457EB

tetradic

#EBC457 #57EB7A #577EEB #EB57C8

square

#EBC457 #57EB7A #577EEB #EB57C8

split-complementary

#EBC457 #57C8EB #7A57EB

monochromatic

#B28915 #E4B120 #EBC457 #F2D78E #F8EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EBC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#EBC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC457

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC457	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d58a',
    500: '#ebc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc457;
$custom-light: #f5d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83393,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC457

secondary

#3455B3

accent

#41DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC457

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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